Reds manager Dusty Baker stretches during the first day of workouts in Goodyear, Ariz. on Tuesday.

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Baker, of course, had a major health scare last season. He was hospitalized in Chicago with an irregular heart beat on Sept. 18. He suffered a mini-stroke as he was being released. He missed a total of 11 games.

He returned for the final series of the year and National League Division Series against the San Francisco Giants. But work remained to be done in the offseason. ...